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Opinion
Comment: Alitalia fights back
For years it has seemed as if Alitalia was surely destined for the history books. But in a remarkable turnaround the Italian flag carrier is fighting back, having defied economic logic and survived with a new partner in tow and brighter prospects
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Market Outlook: 2009 will be a year of action for airlines
This year will see airlines adjusting to the downturn, writes Chris Tarry. Analysis from Antonio Panariello of Flight Insight
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Biodiesel powers Atlas rocket engine
A vegetable-based diesel fuel has been used to power a Rocketdyne...
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Obama: Defence knowns and unknowns
The US defence sector is flourishing - but the administration will need to sort out some inherited complications...
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Obama: Future of US space industry in Obama's hands
NASA could benefit from Barack Obama's election, with the new president hinting that he might increase spending
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Pushing for US airspace modernisation
US commercial aviation industry is pressing Congress to back airspace modernisation and look at how the FAA is funded
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Obama: Open minds and skies
The USA's mission to liberalise international aviation accords is expected to continue with the incoming administration
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NewsDVB Bank predicts 10% of deliveries cancelled or deferred
Germany's DVB Bank is expecting at least 10% of scheduled new aircraft deliveries this year will be cancelled or deferred because of a lack of funding arising...
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Obama: Government subsidies in the fray
America's new president takes office with European-US disputes still to be resolved by the World Trade Organisation...
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Japan's MHI to make parts for A350 engines
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), which is already involved in the Rolls-Royce (R-R) Trent 1000 engine programme for the Boeing 787, will also be...
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A320 ditching reignites debate about training pilots for landing on water
A320 ditching reignites debate about training pilots for landing on water
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PICTURES: Royal Navy Sea King returns to original markings
One of the UK Royal Navy's Westland Sea King helicopters has emerged after being resprayed in its original markings ...
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NewsAeroCopter seeks funding for 'mono tiltrotor'
AeroCopter is to develop a scale-model flight demonstrator prototype for its mono tiltrotor (MTR) vertical lift-off...
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Ivan Misetic: Putting Croatia firmly on the tourist map
Croatia Airlines chief executive Ivan Misetic has one key mission...
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NewsHudson crash: A320's engines lost power simultaneously
Initial flight-recorder information from the US Airways Airbus A320 which crashed into New York's Hudson River shows that both engines lost power simultaneously,...
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Comment - Let's keep flying – boldly
The public vilification and humiliation late last year of the chief executives of the top three US carmakers following their ill-advised use of private jets...
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Airbus prepares for bumpy ride as storm clouds thicken
After big two orders plummet by almost a half in 2008, Toulouse warns that far worse awaits in the year ahead
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Interview
Interview: AirTran chief executive Bob Fornaro
AirTran Airways has had to scale back its growth plans and reposition itself in order to survive first the fuel crisis and now the demand crisis. But chief executive Bob Fornaro is confident the steps taken will ensure the carrier's continued survival